Vocabulary

• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• at least: As a minimum
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• sufficient: Having or providing enough when needed
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• eager: Very excited and interested
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• land: Region or country
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• irreversible: Not able to be reversed/put back to previous state
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• smog: Fog that is combined with other harmful gases
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• heartbroken: Very sad, e.g. because you broke up with someone
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet